BMW 3 Series e46

[Crazy666]

And additional wheels setup:

BBS RC300&301
R18*8.5" ET13 + 205/40/18
R18*10" ET25 + 7mm spacer = ET18 final + 225/35/18

[Maurits]

I like this much more than the Keskins!

[MadMax]

those RCs look way more awesome than any wheel.you had before...

[Crazy666]

thanx!

latest upgrade, e46 Recaro Seats:

[Crazy666]

Interior done:

[DinanDave]

Those new seats look great!

[BrandonMcKiernan]

those rc's look soooo good. my fav wheel on your car so far.

[Crazy666]

Thanx guys.


OZ Wheels R17

My next wheel setup should be 3 peace wheels. Using this phrase I began to search the material for future work.
After several month of searching I bought OZ Pegasus (R17 8" + 9") with not suitable for BMW pcd 114.3


The most valuable part of this set was inner lip (7" front and 7.5" rear).
I decided to leave inner lips and to exchange centers:



on OZ Futura's ones with correct BMW pcd of 120
Here they are:


My full rebuild I started from nuts and bolts. Here are some photos of process:










Next step was to decide the size of outer lips (and wheel's final widths).
I decided to make measurements using final fitment so I bought and installed camber plates for front and camber arms for rear.
Some explanation: I used wheel with 1" lip and marked a stick with tips for 2" (+1), 3" (+2) and 4"(+3) lips during measurement.

Here it is a process and result for front:







and for rear:







as you can see, the outer lip for front will be 3" and outer lip for rear - 4".
So the final wheel's specs should be:
Front: 7" + 3" = 10"
Rear: 7.5" + 4" = 11.5"

I don't want to use any extra body works, my goal is to fit max wide wheels into stock (only rolled) fenders.


Tires:
Front: Hankook 215/40/17
Rear: Continental 245/35/17


I would like to avoid problems in future with tire stretch, so I made premature stretch (for 2-3 month) using wood sticks



to be continued...

[dubs&boost]

Ive never seen someone pre-stretch a tire like that! great idea

[Nico]

in love.

[DinanDave]

Great idea for the tires!

[Crazy666]

The most disappoitment part of my car was muffler. It made me feel myself uncomfortable, especially after photosets:




So I decided to change it with the muffler by Ulter (Poland).




After the installation it began to look like as:








Generally speaking I'm happy with the upgrade. I got new quite powerfull exhaust sound and nice look.

[Crazy666]

On the photos above you can see my setup during winter period

[Crazy666]

Just shipped. Brand new outer lips. 3.0" for front and 4.0" for rear!







new season is comming...

[Mike36]

Looking forward to the new wheels mounted!